One Liner: Powerful white boy soul
Wikipedia Genre: Southern soul, R&B, Americana, roots rock, blues rockHome: Nashville
Poster Position: Second Quarter - Line 12
Day: Sunday
Both Weekends.
Thoughts: I don't know why I expected this to be country, but it is most definitely not country. Got that blue eyed soul thing going. There is an artist that plays on KUTX a lot who this makes me think of, but I can't think of his name. Sorta Marc Broussard, but that's not who I'm thinking of. Maybe Ray Lamontagne.
Michael Cameron Anderson is originally from Athens, Alabama, but has been in Nashville for a long time. He performed an original song at his seventh grade talent show, after teaching himself piano because of an inspiration from Ben Folds. He moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend college and study to be a musical engineer, and then moved to Nashville. I actually drove through Murfreesboro a month or so ago. What a weird ass name for a place. That is too many r's around an f. I don't believe anyone can say that without sounding like Sling Blade. Anyway, homie originally recorded as Mike Anderson and then realized that name sucks butt. HIs self-released original album is weird, in that he made two discs - the White disc was apparently progressive soul, while the Red disc was apparently a darker rock sound. I have to say apparently, because those are not available to me on Spotify. The first album available there is 2015's Delilah. Also, random, but he dated Miranda Lambert for a minute. She was awesome at Two Step Inn.
"Falling" is terrible - sometimes he gets deeply cheesy. When that song just came on it made me want to finish this post and move on to something else. Yuck. Sorry. Maybe that was rude, but that song really broke up my vibe. I also can't say I love the cover of "Always Be My Baby."
Three albums (that we can see) - 2015's Delilah, 2018's Encore, and 2021's Maybe We Never Die. Maybe new music is coming, because it seems weird for him to be here with nothing new at all. HIs top songs, other than the one on the 50 Shades soundtrack, are from that 2018 album. "This Too Shall Last" is his top track with 45.8 million streams.
That is significant neck beard, Mike. Maybe clean that shit up for your next cover. But yeah, nice little tune. Strong voice. Speaking of which, a live song popped up as I drove home yesterday, and it honestly sounded like he was struggling a little with the notes. It was "Hold On, I'm Comin'." I mean, I'm not selling albums and packing rooms, so far be it from me to be a jerk and criticize, but it was a little loose. "All On My Mind," also from that album, is his second biggest tune, but I'll reach back to an earlier one and give you "Satisfy Me" from his first disc. 18.3 million streams.
All three versions on YouTube were live, so I guess you get the top one. Sounds pretty much like the real thing though. Again, great voice! Adds that rough edge to it so that it feels like he really cares. I'm sort of torn on him - in moments I really enjoy it, and then at other moments I really want it to stop. We'll see how the schedule shakes out.
